Friday, April 18, 2008

Safety Cement

This should be particularly interesting since I know hw many of us study fr the sake of marks nd hw many study "Dil se".

Conventional concrete suffers from a number of problems such as low tensile strength and a tendency to shrink as it sets. It is also brittle, which makes it liable to fail suddenly.

Recently a team from Univ of Florida have discovered a glue that binds concrete mix tightly.

The glue, a form of polyvinyl acetate, ensures that any cracks propagate slowly, making the concrete far more ductile ??? like a metal ??? so that it fails more slowly. That should give more time to take action when a concrete structure starts to crack. The additive also reduces the amount of shrinkage that concrete undergoes when it dries.

Read on the Patent

2 comments:

Slimy Death said...

Lets tell VK n AmarNath 'bout this exciting new develoment
What say ?

Sandip Bhattacharya said...

I wrote this Long time ago dude ......during last endsems ......I got pissed with so much mugging in the stupid course.......aneways I donot think the concerned ppl even give a rat's a** bout this.....they are more interested in screwing students and overtly express their superciliousness !!!!!